SEBASTIAN — From early primitive art 40,000 years ago through Western and Eastern history, bird art reflects our human sensitivity and growing understanding.
Birds are important parts of our lives, can be seen daily almost anywhere we are outdoors, and are a source of food, beauty, curiosity, and wonder. They are portrayed in symbol, myth, and art in all their diversity in a great range of bird art with different styles from elaborate, exotic birds to detailed, scientific illustrations.
Even ornithology illustrations, some of the most artistic and beautiful volumes in printing history, have developed depicting the evolving human knowledge of birds.
Come to the North Indian River County Library, located at 1001 Sebastian Blvd. (CR 512) in Sebastian on Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. and hear stories and appreciate art of artists and ornithologists, pioneers in creativity and exploration of the world of birds.
Professor emerita Juanita Baker, Ph.D. joined Florida Tech in 1984 in the Department of Psychology whose focus is training graduate students to be psychologists.
She taught, carried out research, supervised clinical work, and founded in 1991 and was Director of the Family Learning Program until 2007. This is a sexual abuse treatment program for children and adolescents who were victims of sexual abuse, their nonoffending caregivers, siblings, and their offenders.
Her new project is launching the Psychology Science Minute on WFIT.
Getting out in nature observing birds always has been a restoring retreat. As a youth, showing an early interest in birds, marveling at back yard birds, collecting bird nests, going on field trips with a science teacher, and loving art, a friend started her on an interest in bird art when she gave her a book of Audubon’s bird prints.
With the internet, a world of bird art has opened to humankind, leading her to study and “collect” bird art throughout art history.
She will share this stunning artwork that reflects the history of art as well as ornithology.